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From quinoa to Quorn, coconut water to cauliflower pizza: the health food trend that began with the mainstreaming of organic foods is growing, and changing the way consumers make their food choices.
Coupled with increased public health advertising, impending global sugar taxes, and a school meal revolution, it feels wrong to call healthy eating a trend.The European consumer’s love of healthy eating isn’t about to waste away anytime soon.
This pursuit of health is not limited to food - people want to live better, smarter and, crucially, longer lives. Our quest for wellness in all aspects of life has played a part in this shift - people are making mindful food choices based on individual health demands, not just convenience.

First there was fast fashion, now there’s fast food - and we don’t mean tepid burgers and limp fries. We’re talking about the speed of food innovation.
Food trends are moving from niche to mainstream in a matter of months. On-trend eaters are moving beyond sriracha and goji berries, looking further afield for the latest taste sensation. Don’t think it’s millennials leading the charge either – food trends mirror travel trends, with all generations expanding their horizons on both the plane and the plate.

All this means there is money to be made if restaurants and food retailers can predict what’s be hot in the next twelve months. We’ve taken a look at the tea-leaves to come up with four foodie favourites with an Asian angle we predict will make it big in 2017.

Super spices

In the year to March 2014, global snack sales totalled a whopping $374bn: a 2% year-on-year increase. Nielsen’s September 2014 Global Snacking Report highlighted the growing number of people who use snacks as meal replacements, and the fact that consumers want snacks with short ingredient lists.
And two years on: Snacking is still big business.
The 2014 report showed that, in Europe, traditional choices such as crisps, confectionery and snack bars were the popular choice, and they remain the go-to snack of choice, for now... That said, emerging trends across the continent are leading to deviation in the market, changing the face of snacking as we know it.